Meningioma

A rare, mostly benign, primary tumor of the meninges (arachnoid cap cells), usually located in the supratentorial compartment, commonly appearing in the sixth and seventh decade of life, clinically silent in most cases or causing hyperostosis close to the tumor and resulting in focal bulging and localized pain in less than 10% of cases. Additional features may include headache, seizures, gradual personality changes (apathy and dementia), anosmia, impaired vision, exophthalmos, hearing loss, ataxia, dysmetria, hypotonia, nystagmus, and rarely spontaneous bleeding.

Granuloma

A compact, organized collection of mature mononuclear phagocytes, which may be but is not necessarily accompanied by accessory features such as necrosis.

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PMID (PMCID)
29682054 (5898125)	OTHER
	Aspergilloma Mimicking Olfactory Groove Meningioma.
	Sharma P, Bhaisora KS, Pandey S, Srivastava AK, Pani KC, Sardhara J, Das KK, Mehrotra A, Sahu RN, Jaiswal AK, Behari S. Asian J Neurosurg. 2018;13(2):436-439.
	Due to such radiological appearance, meningioma or tuberculoma is considered in differential earlier than fungal granuloma, if not for the hypointense appearance on T2-weighted sequences which strongly points to fungal granuloma.
29682054 (5898125)	OTHER
	Aspergilloma Mimicking Olfactory Groove Meningioma.
	Sharma P, Bhaisora KS, Pandey S, Srivastava AK, Pani KC, Sardhara J, Das KK, Mehrotra A, Sahu RN, Jaiswal AK, Behari S. Asian J Neurosurg. 2018;13(2):436-439.
	Due to such radiological appearance, meningioma or tuberculoma is considered in differential earlier than fungal granuloma, if not for the hypointense appearance on T2-weighted sequences which strongly points to fungal granuloma.
24662657	FEMALE
	Somatostatin receptor-positive granulomatous inflammation mimicking as meningioma on simultaneous PET/MRI.
	Taneja S, Jena A, Kaul S, Jha A, Sogani SK. Clin Nucl Med. 2015;40(1):e71-2.
	This case illustrates a Ga DOTATATE-positive granuloma bearing a striking resemblance to meningioma.
25308013	MIXED_SAMPLE	Adult
	Central nervous system mycosis: analysis of 10 cases.
	Shukla A, Bansal M, Husain M, Chhabra DK. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2014;57(4):591-4.
	Intracranial fungal granuloma may mimic radiologically as glioma or meningioma, therefore a high index of suspicion is needed to detect early CNS fungal infections, especially in immunocompetent young patients with no predisposing illness.
24831378	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Solitary spinal dural syphilis granuloma mimicking a spinal meningioma.
	Zhou HJ, Zhan RY, Chen MT, Cao F, Zheng XJ. Turk Neurosurg. 2014;24(2):288-91.
	Solitary spinal dural syphilis granuloma mimicking a spinal meningioma.
24326881	FEMALE
	Co-occurrence of an intraventricular meningioma and cholesterol granuloma of the choroid plexus in a cat.
	Ondreka N, Henrich M, Kramer M, Schmidt MJ. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2013;41(6):408-12.
	Co-occurrence of an intraventricular meningioma and cholesterol granuloma of the choroid plexus in a cat.
24326881	FEMALE
	Co-occurrence of an intraventricular meningioma and cholesterol granuloma of the choroid plexus in a cat.
	Ondreka N, Henrich M, Kramer M, Schmidt MJ. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2013;41(6):408-12.
	The histologic examination identified the co-existence of two intraventricular masses: a meningioma and a choroid plexus cholesterol granuloma.
21441744	MALE
	Foreign body granuloma associated with dura-cranioplasty after resection of convexity meningioma with extracranial extension: case report.
	Hata N, Hisada K, Torisu R, Suzuki SO, Kameda K, Sasaki T. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2011;51(3):236-8.
	Foreign body granuloma associated with dura-cranioplasty after resection of convexity meningioma with extracranial extension: case report.
22091258 (3214347)	OTHER
	Intracranial foreign body granuloma simulating brain tumor: a case report.
	Saeidiborojeni HR, Fakheri T, Iizadi B. J Res Med Sci. 2011;16(3):358-60.
	Granuloma can mimic intracranial meningioma and special attention should be paid not to leave cotton pledgets during operations.
20195701	FEMALE
	Coexistence between meningioma and tuberculosis: case report.
	Tena-Suck M, Collado-Ortiz MA, Rembao-Bojorquez D, Gestista N, Garcia-Marquez A. J Neurooncol. 2010;99(2):289-94.
	Histology showed a benign meningioma with many multinuclear giant cells, granulomas, and central caseating necrosis.
22028755 (3201083)	OTHER
	Intracranial Rosai Dorfman Disease: report of three cases and literature review.
	Symss NP, Cugati G, Vasudevan MC, Ramamurthi R, Pande A. Asian J Neurosurg. 2010;5(2):19-30.
	Two patients had dural based lesions, radiologically in favour of a meningioma, and one patient had a parenchymal lesion suggestive of a tuberculous granuloma.
19679356	MALE	Adult
	Atypical fungal granuloma of the sphenoid wing.
	Banuprakash S, Jolappara M, Kesavadas C, Saini J, Rao RM, Radhakrishnan VV. J Neuroradiol. 2009;36(4):233-6.
	This case report highlights the importance of advanced neuroimaging techniques in differentiating meningioma and granuloma.
18516599	MIXED_SAMPLE	Middle Aged
	Intracranial involvement in plasmacytomas and multiple myeloma: a pictorial essay.
	Cerase A, Tarantino A, Gozzetti A, Muccio CF, Gennari P, Monti L, Di Blasi A, Venturi C. Neuroradiology. 2008;50(8):665-74.
	However, the neuroradiological findings generally lack specificity, since they are generally no different from those of meningioma, metastasis, lymphoma, dural sarcoma, plasma cell granuloma, infectious meningitis, and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
17582203	MALE	Adult
	Existence of cotton granuloma after removal of a parasagittal meningioma: clinical and radiological evaluation -a case report-.
	Bilginer B, Yavuz K, Agayev K, Akbay A, Ziyal IM. Kobe J Med Sci. 2007;53(1-2):43-7.
	Here we report a case of intracranial foreign body granuloma which occurred due to remained cottonoid after removal of a parasagittal meningioma.
17582203	MALE	Adult
	Existence of cotton granuloma after removal of a parasagittal meningioma: clinical and radiological evaluation -a case report-.
	Bilginer B, Yavuz K, Agayev K, Akbay A, Ziyal IM. Kobe J Med Sci. 2007;53(1-2):43-7.
	Existence of cotton granuloma after removal of a parasagittal meningioma: clinical and radiological evaluation -a case report-.
18174925	OTHER
	Teflon granuloma of the skull base: a complication of endonasal brain surgery.
	Soose RJ, Snyderman CH, Kassam AB. Skull Base. 2007;17(4):247-52.
	We report a patient with a Teflon granuloma of the skull base discovered 1.5 years after endonasal resection of an olfactory groove meningioma.
12296686	MALE	Middle Aged
	Intramedullary plasma cell granuloma in the cervicothoracic spine. Case report.
	Aizawa T, Sato T, Tanaka Y, Kishimoto K, Watanabe M, Kokubun S. J Neurosurg. 2002;97(2 Suppl):235-8.
	Histologically, the granuloma needs to be distinguished from lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma and plasmacytoma.
17171133	OTHER
	CT-Guided Percutaneous Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Posterior Skull Base Lesions.
	Caldemeyer KS, Pritz MB. Skull Base Surg. 1999;9(2):161-5.
	Diagnoses were central giant cell granuloma, an unusual tumor rarely reported in the skull base, and meningioma.
10201311	FEMALE
	Foreign body granuloma mimicking intracranial meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
	Feldman RP, Marcovici A, Suarez M, Goodrich JT. Neurosurgery. 1999;44(4):855-8.
	Foreign body granuloma mimicking intracranial meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
9126910	MIXED_SAMPLE	Adult
	Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma with clinical resemblance to inflammatory pseudotumor. Report of two cases.
	Yamaki T, Ikeda T, Sakamoto Y, Ohtaki M, Hashi K. J Neurosurg. 1997;86(5):898-904.
	These two cases and others reported in the literature indicate that lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningiomas may manifest peculiar biological behavior more typical of intracranial granulomas than of meningiomas.